Phosphorus absorption by hydration and fluorine recovery for fume exiting kiln in kiln phosphoric acid process

ABSTRACT

Disclosed is a method for phosphorus absorption by hydration and fluorine recovery for a fume exiting a kiln in a kiln process for the production of phosphoric acid, comprising the following steps: a fume containing P2O5 and fluorine exiting a kiln is introduced into a hydration tower, the fume performs heat and mass transfer with the spraying liquid, with most of the phosphoric acid produced being absorbed into the spraying liquid; the phosphoric acid solution falling from the spraying finally enters the acid solution circulating and spraying system; the fume discharged from a fume outlet then passes through a phosphoric acid mist capturing tower and a mist removing and separating tower successively, such that the phosphoric acid mist entrained in the fume exiting the hydration tower is further captured.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

The application is a continuation in part of PCT/CN2013/081225 (filed onAug. 9, 2013), which claims priority of CN Patent Application Serial No.201310218625.0 (filed on Jun. 4, 2013) the contents of which areincorporated herein by reference in their entirety.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is related to a process method for production ofphosphoric acid and fluorine recovery from fume containing P₂O₅ andfluorine, particularly a process method for production of phosphoricacid by phosphorus absorption by hydration and fluorine recovery forfume exiting kiln in kiln phosphoric acid process (KPA).

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

There are chiefly two processes for producing phosphoric acid inindustry. (1) producing phosphoric acid with a wet process: usingsulfuric acid to decompose phosphate ore to obtain dilute phosphoricacid and solid slag (briefly called phosphogypsum) with CaSO₄.nH₂O as amain component, and concentrating the dilute phosphoric acid to obtainwet-process phosphoric acid with about 54% phosphoric acid. This processhas the following major drawbacks: the first drawback is largeconsumption of sulfuric acid; the second drawback is that the slagphosphogypsum cannot be used effectively, and sulfuric acid, phosphoricacid and soluble fluorides entrained therein are all soluble in water,and rain wash of the slag piled in the nature is apt to cause seriouspollution to the environment; the third drawback is that the resultantphosphoric acid contains higher contain of impurities and is generallyonly used to produce fertilizer; and the fourth drawback is thathigh-grade phosphate ore must be used to ensure economy of the product.(2) producing phosphoric acid with a hot process: first, placingphosphate ore, silica and carbonaceous solid reductant in anore-smelting electric furnace, raising a temperature in the furnace to1300 with energy of electric arc formed by electrical short-circuiting,reducing phosphor in the phosphate ore in the form of P₄, meanwhileconverting carbonaceous solid reductant into CO, washing gas mainlycontaining P₄ and CO discharged out of the ore-smelting electric furnacewith water, cooling P₄ into solid to separate from gas phase to obtainthe product yellow phosphorus, igniting and burning exhaust gascontaining CO at an outlet of a chimney and exhausting to theatmosphere; heating the obtained P₄ to 80 to change it into liquidphase, subjecting it to oxidization combustion reaction with introducedair in a hydration tower to obtain phosphoric anhydride P₂O₅, and thenabsorbing it with water to obtain phosphoric acid. The hot-processproduction of phosphoric acid has the following main drawbacks: thefirst drawback is large consumption of electrical energy; the seconddrawback is that gas discharged out of the ore-smelting electricfurnace, from which P₄ is already separated, still entrains a largeamount of fluorides (existing in the form of SiF₄ and HF) and a smallamount of un-deposited gas P₄, which causes serious pollution to theatmospheric environment; the third drawback is that gas containing alarge amount of CO is directly burnt and exhausted, which causes largewaste of energy; the fourth drawback is that high-grade phosphate oreneeds to be used to ensure economy of the production.

To overcome impact on production of phosphoric acid exerted by shortageof electrical energy, insufficient pyrites resources and gradualreduction of high-grade phosphate core, Occidental Research Corporationof the United States proposed a KPA process in 1980's, i.e., a processof producing phosphoric acid with a rotary kiln (briefly called aphosphoric acid producing process with a kiln) (see Frederic Ledar andWon C. Park, et al., New Process for Technical-Grade Phosphoric Acid,Ind. Eng. Chem. Process Des. Dev1985, 24, 688-697), and carried out apilot experiment of a pilot device in a 0.84 m(inner)×9.14 m (see the USpatent document U.S. Pat. No. 4,389,384). According to this process,phosphate ore, silica and carbonaceous reductant (coke powder or coalpowder) are co-ground so that 50%-85% of the co-ground materials passesa −325 mesh, with 1% bentonite being added to produce balls, which aredried and preheated by a chain-type dryer and then delivered into arotary kiln with a kiln head in which natural gas is burnt, pellets arereduced in the kiln, a maximum solid temperature is controlled as1400-1500, pellet CaO/SiO₂ mole ratio is adjusted as 0.26-0.55 so thatthe a melting point of the pellet is higher than a carbon thermalreduction temperature of the phosphate core in the pellets, phosphor isreduced and volatiles out of the pellets in the form of phosphoricvapor, and then oxidized by air introduced in a middle space of the kilninto phosphorous pentoxide, heat resulting from oxidization is thensupplied to the reduction reaction, and finally kiln gas containingphosphorous pentoxide is hydrated and absorbed to obtain phosphoricacid.

The idea of the above processing phosphoric acid with a kiln exhibits anexcellent industrial application prospect because its principle is toform P₄ gas using carbon thermal reduction of the phosphate ore,transfer phosphorus in the phosphate ore to gas phase of the rotarykiln, use a gas-solid separation principle to enable phosphorus to bewell separated from other solid substances in the balls, allow the P₄gas transferred into the gas phase of the rotary kiln to go through anoxidization heat liberation reaction with oxygen in the gas phase of therotary kiln to generate P₂O₅, supply the liberated heat to carbonthermal reduction (endothermic reaction) of the phosphate ore in thematerial balls, and finally hydrate and absorb the kiln gas containingP₂O₅ exiting the rotary kiln to obtain industrial phosphoric acid havinga cleanliness much higher than the phosphoric acid produced with the wetprocess. Since the rotary kiln uses primary energy to maintain phosphateore carbon terminal reduction temperature, and meanwhile flammablesubstance P₄ generated from the phosphate ore carbon terminal reductionand CO are subjected to the combustion heat liberation reaction in theinterior of the rotary kiln to replenish the energy needed to maintainthe phosphate ore carbon terminal reduction temperature in the rotarykiln, this process substantially reduces energy consumption as comparedwith the conventional hot process of producing phosphoric acid. However,the research indicates that it is very difficult to implement theprocess of producing phosphoric acid with the kiln in large-scaleindustrial application and practice and its main drawbacks are asfollows:

1. A rotary kiln is an apparatus with a kiln body rotating at a certainspeed (0.5 r/min-3 r/min), and it is advantageous in continuouslyperforming mechanical turn and mixture of a solid material fed into thekiln to ensure uniformity of heat reception of the solid material at alllocations in the kiln. However, the solid material in the kiln must beara mechanical frictional force resulting from movement of the material.If a strength of the material is smaller than the received mechanicalfrictional force, the material can be easily destroyed. A basicprinciple of the KPA process proposed by ORC corporation of the UnitedStates is to co-grind the phosphate ore, the silica and the carbonaceousreductant (coke powder or coal powder) so that 50%-80% of the co-groundmaterials passes 325 mesh, and then produce them into pellets, the threekinds of substances must be closely copolymerized into a whole so thatthe mixture does not melt at the carbon thermal reduction temperature ofthe phosphate ore under the condition the CaO/SiO₂ mole ratio in themixture is 0.26-0.55, and meanwhile carbon reduction of the phosphateore can be performed smoothly. However, since the reductant carbon isadded to the material pellets used in the process, carbon goes throughquick oxidization reaction with oxygen in air at a temperature greaterthan 350 to produce CO₂. If a conventional method of consolidatingpellets at a high temperature(≧900) at a chain grate in themetallurgical industry is employed, the reducing carbon in the pelletswill be all oxidized, the pellets entering the rotary kiln will lose thereductant, carbon thermal reduction reaction of the phosphorus naturallycannot be performed, and the process fails as a result. If only thebentonite is added as a bonding agent of the pellets to perform dryingand dehydration at a temperature less than 300, an anti-pressurestrength of the pellets is only about 10KN per ball, with a fallingstrength≦1 time per meter; since an acting mechanism of the bentonite ismainly to use interlayer water in its substance structure to adjust amoisture content release speed during the drying of the pellets andimprove a burst temperature of the pellets during the drying, andbentonite itself does not play a remarkable role in improving thestrength of the pellets. After such pellets are fed into the rotary kilnand before the rotary kiln temperature value reaches 900, since thepellets entering the kiln cannot bear the mechanical frictional forceresulting from movement of material balls in the pellets, a lot of saidpellets are pulverized, and thereafter the phosphate ore powder, silicapowder and carbonaceous reductant forming the pellets will separate, thephosphate ore powder after pulverization causes failure of reduction ofphosphorus as it cannot get in close contact with carbonaceousreductant. More seriously, once the phosphate ore powder separates fromsilica powder, its melting point abruptly falls below 1250. When suchpowder-like phosphate ore passes through a high-temperature reducingarea (with a material layer temperature of 1300 or so) of the rotarykiln, it will totally changes from solid phase into a liquid phase, andthereby adheres to a liner of the rotary kiln to form high-temperatureringing of the rotary kiln, which hinders normal rotation of thematerials in the rotary kiln so that a majority of materials added intothe rotary kiln overflows from the rotary kiln from a feeding end of therotary kiln, high-temperature reduction of phosphorus cannot be achievedand the process fails. It can be seen that the raw materials enteringthe kiln have their intrinsic drawbacks, any industrialized, large-scaleor commercialized application of the above-mentioned KPA technology hasnot yet been witnessed so far.2. Regarding the KPA process with the phosphate ore pellets with carbonbeing added, a solid material area below a material layer in the rotarykiln belongs to a reduction zone, and a gas flow area of the rotary kilnis above the material layer and belongs to an oxidization zone, the feedpellets are added from a kiln tail of the rotary kiln and discharged outof a kiln head of the rotary kiln by virtue of its own gravity and africtional force resulting from rotation of the rotary kiln, a burnerfor burning fuel in the rotary kiln is mounted at the kiln head of therotary kiln, fume resulting from the burning is introduced out by ablower at the kiln tail, a micro negative pressure is maintained in therotary kiln, and the gas flow is opposite to a movement direction of thematerials. Since there is not a mechanical isolation area between thereduction zone (solid material layer area) and the oxidization zone (thegas flow area above the solid material layer area of the rotary kiln) ofthe rotary kiln, the material balls exposed on the surface of the solidmaterial layer area and O₂, CO₂ in the gas flow in the oxidization zoneare subjected to convective mass transfer; on the one hand, this causesthe reductant in the material balls to be partially oxidized before thematerial balls are heated by the gas flow heat transfer to the carbonreduction temperature of the phosphate ore so that the material ballsare not sufficiently reduced due to shortage of carbonaceous reductantin the reduction zone of the rotary kiln; more seriously, the materialballs exposed to the surface of the material layer at thehigh-temperature area of the rotary kiln is further subjected tochemical reaction with P₂O₅ already generated from reduction in the kilngas to produce calcium metaphosphate, calcium phosphate and othermetaphosphates or phosphates, thereby causing the phosphorus alreadyreduced into the gas phase to return to the material balls again andform a layer of white crust rich in P₂O₅ on the surface of the materialballs, the layer of crust generally having a thickness of 300 μm-1000μm, the content of P₂O₅ in the layer of crust topping 30%; as a result,P₂O₅ transferred from the material balls to the gas phase does notexceed 60%, which cause a lower yield ratio of P₂O₅ in the phosphate oreand thereby causes waste of mineral resources and large rise of thephosphoric acid production cost so that the above KPA process lossesvalue in respect of commercial application and industrial spread.Researchers desire gas volatized from the material layer to isolate thereduction zone from the oxidization zone in the rotary kiln, butindustrial experiments performed in a rotary kiln with an inner diameter2 m show that the phenomena of white crust rich in P₂O₅ on the surfaceof the pellets still cannot be avoided.

Due to the above-mentioned technical drawbacks, it is still verydifficult to use the KPA process proposed by ORC Corporation inlarge-scale industrial application and practice to produce phosphoricacid.

Joseph A. Megy proposes some improved technical methods with respect tothe KPA process (see US patent document U.S. Pat. No. 7,910,080B), i.e.,on the premise of maintaining the basis process of KPA unchanged,providing a material stopping ring on a kiln head material dischargingend of the cylinder of the rotary kiln to improve a solid materialfilling rate of the rotary kiln, and meanwhile increasing the diameterof the rotary kiln to reduce a surface area to volume ratio of an innermaterial layer of the rotary kiln, reduce probability of the material ofthe material layer being exposed to the surface of the solid materiallayer to shorten the time that the reductant carbon in the materialballs is oxidized by O₂ in the kiln gas in the rotary kiln, reduce burnof the reductant carbon before the material balls reach the reductionzone of the rotary kiln and meanwhile decease generation of phosphatesor metaphosphates on the surface of the material balls in thehigh-temperature area of the rotary kiln. In addition, according to theprocess, it is desired that partial petroleum coke is added to thematerials entering the rotary kiln so that reducing gas generated by avolatile matter in the petroleum coke due to heat reception andvolatilization is used to cover between the material layer and the gasflow oxidization area of the rotary kiln to further block theprobability of the O₂ and P₂O₅ in the gas flow in the rotary kilnreacting with the material balls to ensure normal operation of theprocess. However, increase of the filling rate of the rotary kiln allowsthe material balls to bear larger mechanical frictional force in therotary kiln, thereby causing a larger proportion of pulverization of thematerial balls in the rotary kiln, and forming more substances with amelting point lower than the phosphate ore carbon thermal reductiontemperature so that the high-temperature ringing of the rotary kilnbecomes quicker and more serious and earlier failure of the process iscaused. In addition, the volatile matter generated by added small amountof petroleum coke is not sufficient to produce sufficient gas and it isdifficult to form an effective isolation layer between the solidmaterial layer of the rotary kiln and the gas flow area in the rotarykiln. If an excessive amount is added, the materials in the rotary kilnwill entrain a large amount of fuel so that in a slag ball coolingmachine in the subsequent process, the redundant fuel is confronted withthe air for cooling the slag balls and burns rapidly, a large amount ofheat resulting from the burning not only increases the difficulty incooling the high-temperature slag balls exiting the rotary kiln but alsosubstantially increases the production cost of the process and makesimplementation of the commercialized and large-scale application of theprocess impossible. However, in the course of the subsequent study, theinventors discovered a series of new technical problems and some existin the process for absorption of phosphorus by hydration and fluorinerecovery in KPA. The process for absorption of phosphoric acid byhydration in KPA mainly drew on the experience of the method ofabsorption of phosphoric acid in hot process for production ofphosphoric acid, however, the fume exiting the kiln in KPA is verydifferent from the fume produced by combustion of yellow phosphorus inhot process for production of phosphoric acid and the differences are asfollows: firstly, the concentration of P₂O₅ in fume exiting the kiln islower, and with the same yield of fume, the concentration of P₂O₅ in thefume produced in former process is 3 to 4 times that of latter process;secondly, the fume exiting the kiln is variable in composition,consisting of fluorine, dust, SO₂ and other impurities. The applicationof method for absorption of phosphoric acid in hot process may causesthe following problems: firstly, the lower production of fume producedin hot process results in a lower flow rate of fume in the correspondingequipment, and if this method for absorption of phosphoric acid in hotprocess is used in KPA, the equipment system in the latter process willget a quite large size, a complex structure and an increased cost ofinvestment and operating; secondly, the variable impurities in fumeproduced in KPA require a spraying acid with a higher corrosion, and theprocess and device for absorption of phosphoric acid is necessary to befurther improved to prevent the solid impurities in acid from blockingthe equipment and pipeline; more importantly, the fluorine-containingsubstance (exists in form of SiF₄ and HF) in fume exiting the kiln inKPA which is harmful to human needs to be recovered to avoidcontamination of environment

Therefore, for the reduced cost of production and operating expense ofKPA, guaranteed quality of phosphoric acid product, full utilization ofresources, and avoidance of environmental pollution, a further study ofthe device and process for fluorine recovery from fume after phosphorusabsorption by hydration in KPA is necessary for more realisticsolutions.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The technological problem to be solved by present invention is directedto the fume exiting the kiln in KPA containing P₂O₅, SiF₄, HF and dust.The present invention provides a method for phosphorus absorption byhydration and fluorine recovery for the fume exiting the kiln in KPA,and the method has the advantages of a simplified process flow, areasonable layout, a low equipment investment cost, a strongadaptability, a high recycling rate for valuable elements, a exhaustedwaste gas meeting environmental standards, and good recovery effects forboth phosphorus and fluorine.

To solve the technical problem described above, the present inventionprovides a method for phosphorus absorption by hydration for the fumeexiting the kiln in KPA comprising the following steps:

(1) introducing a fume exiting the kiln containing P₂O₅ and fluorineinto a hydration tower, and feeding concentrated phosphoric acidsolution into a spraying device in the hydration tower by an acidsolution circulating and spraying system, contacting the sprayedconcentrated phosphoric acid solution with the fume exiting the kilnwhich contains P₂O₅ and fluorine in the tower for heat transfer and masstransfer, forming phosphoric acid after chemical reaction between P₂O₅in the fume and the water in the spayed concentrated phosphoric acid,and absorbing most of phosphoric acid obtained in the chemical reactionby the spraying liquid and remaining the rest in the gas phase in formof phosphoric acid mist, discharging the remaining fume in hydrationtower from a fume outlet;(2) introducing the phosphoric acid solution sprayed and falling down inthe hydration tower into the acid solution circulating and sprayingsystem and then into an acid cooler, pumping the sprayed phosphoric acidsolution flowing from an outlet of acid cooler back to the sprayingdevice in the hydration tower for circulating and spraying again;(3) introducing the fume discharged out of the fume outlet through aphosphoric acid mist capturing tower and a mist removing and separatingtower for further capture of the phosphoric acid mist in the fume,forming a dilute phosphoric acid solution after capture of thephosphoric acid mist by phosphoric acid mist capturing tower and mistremoving and separating tower, keeping crossflow of the dilutephosphoric acid solution with concentrated phosphoric acid solution inthe hydration tower via pipeline arrangement;(4) during the above operation, the concentrated phosphoric acidsolution in acid solution circulating and spraying system keepsincreasing, filtering the surplus part of concentrated phosphoric acidsolution and forming a crude phosphoric acid product, and thenintroducing the crude phosphoric acid product to a subsequent phosphoricacid refining procedure.

The present invention also provides a method for phosphorus absorptionby hydration and fluorine recovery for the fume exiting the kiln in KPA,the method which is on the basis of the technical solution describedabove further employs a fluorine recovery procedure comprising thefollowing steps:

(1) primary fluorine absorption: firstly conveying thefluorine-containing fume discharged out of the mist removing andseparating tower to a fluorosilicic acid washing pipe in a primaryfluorine absorption tower, completely contacting the fume flowing fromup to down with circulating fluorosilicic acid sprayed from down to upby a nozzle, forming fluorosilicic acid after the mass transfer, heattransfer and chemical reaction between the fume and circulatingfluorosilicic acid, at the same time, transferring a portion of enthalpyin the fume into the steam by adiabatic evaporation of water incirculating fluorosilicic acid solution;(2) primary gas-liquid separation: conveying the gas and liquid in thefluorosilicic acid washing pipe to a fluorosilicic acid separation tankfor gas-liquid separation, and introducing the gas obtained byseparation to a secondary fluorosilicic acid washing pipe of a secondaryfluorine absorption tower via a fume outlet of primary fluorineabsorption tower, and remaining the liquid obtained by separation in thefluorosilicic acid separation tank, and then conveying the liquid backto fluorosilicic acid washing pipe for the operation in step (1) via acirculating and conveying pipeline which has a circulating pump;(3) the secondary fluorine absorption: completely contacting the fumeflowing from up to down in the secondary fluorosilicic acid washing pipewith circulating fluorosilicic acid sprayed from down to up by a nozzle,forming fluorosilicic acid after the mass transfer, heat transfer andchemical reaction between the fume and circulating fluorosilicic acid,at the same time, the enthalpy in the fume is partially transferred intocirculating fluorosilicic acid solution by heat transfer;(4) the secondary gas-liquid separation: conveying the gas and liquid inthe secondary fluorosilicic acid washing pipe to a secondaryfluorosilicic acid separation tank for gas-liquid separation, andintroducing the gas obtained by separation to a tail gas absorptiontower for further process via a fume outlet of secondary fluorineabsorption tower, and remaining the liquid obtained by separation in thefluorosilicic acid separation tank, conveying a part of the liquiddescribed above back to secondary fluorosilicic acid washing pipe forthe operation in step (3) by a circulating pump and conveying anotherpart thereof to fluorosilicic acid separation tank of primary fluorineabsorption tower;(5) the fluorosilicic acid solution in primary fluorine absorption towerkeep increasing and filtering the extra fluorosilicic acid solution forremoving of silica gel and forming a byproduct of fluorosilicic acid.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 illustrates a structural schematic view of a device for fluorinerecovery according to a specific embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 illustrates a flow chart of a process for fluorine recoveryaccording to a specific embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 illustrates a structural schematic view of a process systemaccording to a specific embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 illustrates an enlarged structural schematic view of a hydrationtower in device for production of phosphoric acid according to aspecific embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 illustrates an enlarged structural schematic view of a phosphoricacid mist capturing tower in device for the production of phosphoricacid according to a specific embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 illustrates a flow chart of a process for phosphorus absorptionby hydration according to a specific embodiment of the presentinvention.

LISTING OF PARTS

-   The reference number 1 denotes a hydration tower; 11 a fume inlet;    12 a fume outlet; 13 a spraying device; 14 a liquid inlet; 15 a    liquid outlet; 16 an acid storage tank; 17 a water-cooling system;    18 an acid cooler; 2 a circulating pump; 21 a pressure filter; 22 a    packing filter; 23 a phosphoric acid refining equipment; 24 a    concentrated phosphoric acid spraying layer; 25 a dilute phosphoric    acid spraying layer; 3 a phosphoric acid mist capturing tower; 31 a    washing pipe; 32 a separation tank; 33 an acid outlet; 34 an acid    inlet; 35 a nozzle; 4 a mist removing and separating tower; 41 a    online water flushing device; 42 a mesh demister; 43 a phosphoric    acid liquid drop capturing structure; 5 a primary fluorine    absorption tower; 51 a fluorosilicic acid washing pipe; 52 a    fluorosilicic acid separation tank; 53 a fluorosilicic acid liquid    outlet; 54 a fluorosilicic acid refining equipment; 6 a secondary    fluorine absorption tower; 61 a secondary fluorosilicic acid washing    pipe; 62 a secondary fluorosilicic acid separation tank; 63 a    fluorosilicic acid cooler; 7 a tail gas absorption tower; 8 a    draught fan.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The embodiments of the present invention are described more fullyhereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, which form apart hereof, and which show, by way of illustration, specific exemplaryembodiments by which the invention may be practiced. This invention may,however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construedas limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, theseembodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be through andcomplete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to thoseskilled in the art. Among other things, the present invention may beembodied as systems, methods or devices. The following detaileddescription should not to be taken in a limiting sense.

Throughout the specification and claims, the following terms take themeanings explicitly associated herein, unless the context clearlydictates otherwise. The phrase “in one embodiment” as used herein doesnot necessarily refer to the same embodiment, though it may.Furthermore, the phrase “in another embodiment” as used herein does notnecessarily refer to a different embodiment, although it may. Thus, asdescribed below, various embodiments of the invention may be readilycombined, without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention.

In addition, as used herein, the term “or” is an inclusive “or”operator, and is equivalent to the term “and/or,” unless the contextclearly dictates otherwise. The term “based on” is not exclusive andallows for being based on additional factors not described, unless thecontext clearly dictates otherwise. In addition, throughout thespecification, the meaning of “a,” “an,” and “the” include pluralreferences. The meaning of “in” includes “in” and “on”. The term“coupled” implies that the elements may be directly connected togetheror may be coupled through one or more intervening elements. Furtherreference may be made to an embodiment where a component is implementedand multiple like or identical components are implemented.

While the embodiments make reference to certain events this is notintended to be a limitation of the embodiments of the present inventionand such is equally applicable to any event where goods or services areoffered to a consumer.

The present invention provides a method for phosphorus absorption byhydration for the fume exiting the kiln in KPA comprising the followingsteps:

(1) introducing a fume exiting the kiln containing P₂O₅ and fluorineinto a hydration tower, and feeding concentrated phosphoric acidsolution into a spraying device in the hydration tower by an acidsolution circulating and spraying system, counter-flow contacting thedownwardly sprayed concentrated phosphoric acid solution with the fumeexiting the kiln which contains P₂O₅ and fluorine in the tower for heattransfer and mass transfer, forming phosphoric acid after chemicalreaction between P₂O₅ in the fume and the water in the spayedconcentrated phosphoric acid, and absorbing most of phosphoric acidobtained in the chemical reaction by the spraying liquid and remainingthe rest in the gas phase in form of phosphoric acid mist, dischargingthe remaining fume in hydration tower from a fume outlet;(2) introducing the phosphoric acid solution sprayed and falling down inthe hydration tower into the acid solution circulating and sprayingsystem and then into an acid cooler, pumping the sprayed phosphoric acidsolution flowing from an outlet of acid cooler back to the sprayingdevice in the hydration tower for circulating and spraying again;(3) introducing the fume discharged out of the fume outlet through aphosphoric acid mist capturing tower and a mist removing and separatingtower for further capture of the phosphoric acid mist in the fume,forming a dilute phosphoric acid solution after capture of thephosphoric acid mist by phosphoric acid mist capturing tower and mistremoving and separating tower, keeping crossflow of the dilutephosphoric acid solution with concentrated phosphoric acid solution inthe hydration tower via pipeline arrangement;(4) during the above operation, the concentrated phosphoric acidsolution in acid solution circulating and spraying system keepsincreasing, filtering the surplus part of concentrated phosphoric acidsolution and forming a crude phosphoric acid product, and thenintroducing the crude phosphoric acid product to a subsequent phosphoricacid refining procedure.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the step (1) of the methodcomprising: turning on an acid solution circulating and spraying systemconnected with a hydration tower, introducing a fume exiting the kilncontaining P₂O₅ and fluorine into the hydration tower, and continuouslyfeeding concentrated phosphoric acid solution into a spraying device inthe hydration tower by the acid solution circulating and sprayingsystem, counter-flow contacting the downwardly sprayed concentratedphosphoric acid solution with the fume exiting the kiln which containsP₂O₅ and fluorine in the tower completely for heat transfer and masstransfer (the temperature of the fume is reduced because of the heattransfer between fume and circulating and spraying concentratedphosphoric acid solution), forming phosphoric acid after chemicalreaction between P₂O₅ in the fume and the water in the spayedconcentrated phosphoric acid, and absorbing most of phosphoric acidobtained in the chemical reaction by the spraying liquid and remainingthe rest in the gas phase in form of phosphoric acid mist, at the sametime the fluorine-containing substances (mainly in form of SiF₄ and HF)in the fume exiting the kiln is difficult to be absorbed by the sprayingliquid in the hydration tower, discharging the remaining fume inhydration tower from a fume outlet; In an embodiment of the presentinvention, the step (2) of the method comprising: introducing thephosphoric acid solution sprayed and falling down in the hydration towerinto the acid solution circulating and spraying system via a liquidinlet and then into an acid cooler, transferring a portion of enthalpyin phosphoric acid solution to the circulating and cooling water in theacid cooler, and constantly transferring the heat in the phosphoric acidsolution by cooling water, pumping the sprayed phosphoric acid solutionflowing from an outlet of acid cooler by a circulating pump back to thespraying device in the hydration tower for circulating and sprayingagain;

In an embodiment of the present invention, the step (3) of the methodcomprising: introducing the fume discharged out of the fume outletthrough a phosphoric acid mist capturing tower and a mist removing andseparating tower successively for further capture of the phosphoric acidmist in the fume, forming a dilute phosphoric acid solution aftercapture of the phosphoric acid mist by phosphoric acid mist capturingtower and mist removing and separating tower, keeping crossflow of thedilute phosphoric acid solution with concentrated phosphoric acidsolution in the hydration tower via pipeline arrangement; the acidcrossflow described above preferably refers to: pumping the dilutephosphoric acid solution captured by phosphoric acid mist capturingtower and mist removing and separating tower to the hydration and thenmixing with concentrated phosphoric acid solution in hydration tower tomaintain a stable concentration of acid in acid solution circulating andspraying system in hydration tower; at the same time, drawing out a partof concentrated phosphoric acid solution in acid solution circulatingand spraying system in hydration tower and then clarifying by afiltering device, a part of supernatant obtained after clarifying isconveyed to the phosphoric acid mist capturing tower for acid crossflowto maintain a stable concentration of acid, and another part ofsupernatant obtained after clarifying is conveyed back to an acidstorage tank in hydration tower;

In an embodiment of the present invention, the step (4) of the methodcomprising: during the above operation, the concentrated phosphoric acidsolution in acid solution circulating and spraying system keepsincreasing, filtering the surplus part of concentrated phosphoric acidsolution and forming a crude phosphoric acid product, and thenintroducing the crude phosphoric acid product to a subsequent phosphoricacid refining procedure; on the other hand, online supplying water forthe entire process by an online water supplying device, introducing thefume out of the outlet of the mist removing and separating tower to asubsequent fluorine recovery procedure.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the spraying device in thehydration tower comprises at least two spraying layers located atdifferent heights in a chamber of the hydration tower, and the sprayinglayers comprises at least a dilute phosphoric acid spraying layer and aconcentrated phosphoric acid spraying layer, and the concentratedphosphoric acid spraying layer is located above the dilute phosphoricacid spraying layer.

In an embodiment of the present invention, a liquid inlet pipe of theconcentrated phosphoric acid spraying layer is connected to the acidsolution circulating and spraying system, a liquid inlet pipe of thedilute phosphoric acid spraying layer is connected to a circulating andconveying pipeline for dilute phosphoric acid solution in the phosphoricacid mist capturing tower to enable the dilute phosphoric acid solutionin phosphoric acid mist capturing tower to be conveyed to hydrationtower for acid crossflow, the acid solution circulating and sprayingsystem is connected to the phosphoric acid mist capturing tower viaanother pipeline to enable the circulating phosphoric acid in thehydration tower to be conveyed to the phosphoric acid mist capturingtower for acid crossflow.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the acid cooler is structuredin a way that a plurality of heat exchange plates made of modifiedgraphite pipes or stainless steel pipe are arranged in an agitationtank, circulating and cooling water is introduced in the pipes, throughagitation the phosphoric acid solution entering the acid cooler formsforced convection and heat exchange on the heat exchange plates.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the temperature of the fumeexiting the kiln in the step (1) is reduced to 75-130 because of theheat transfer between fume exiting the kiln and circulating phosphoricacid solution which is spraying cyclically and cooling by awater-cooling system in hydration tower.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the mass concentration ofcirculating and spraying phosphoric acid solution in hydration tower is60%-90%, the temperature of concentrated phosphoric acid fed into thehydration tower is controlled 50-80, and the spraying liquid-gas ratioin hydration tower is controlled 1 L/m³-20 L/m³.

In an embodiment of the present invention, in the phosphoric acidrefining procedure is provided a phosphoric acid refining tank forrefining crude phosphoric acid product, active carbon, diatomite,desulfurizing agent and dearsenic agent are added into the phosphoricacid refining tank, pumping a product after reaction and stirring intofiltration system for filtration, a filtrate obtained is end product ofphosphoric acid.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the additive amount of bothactive carbon and diatomite are controlled as 0.1%-2% of the mass ofcrude phosphoric acid product to be refined; the desulfurizing agent issoluble barium salts with an additive amount of 1-2 times a theoreticalamount (according to a chemical reaction equation); the dearsenic agentis hydrogen sulfide or sodium sulfide with an additive amount of 1-1.2times a theoretical amount (according to a chemical reaction equation);the reaction in the phosphoric acid refining tank is stirred for 0.5 h-2h.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the phosphoric acid mistcapturing tower is a fluid-state counter-flow washing tower which mainlycomprises a washing pipe and a separation tank, fume discharged out fromthe fume outlet of hydration tower enters the washing pipe of phosphoricacid mist capturing tower, the circulating dilute phosphoric acidsprayed from down to up in the washing pipe performs a counter-flowcollision and contact with up-down fume flow to form a foam zone, thefume passes through the foam zone and contacts with large-area liquidsurface of dilute phosphoric acid solution which updates constantly, andthen capture and polymerization of phosphoric acid mist particles andheat transfer occurs in the foam zone, a temperature of the fume isfurther decreased to 60-90 by adiabatic evaporation of water incirculating dilute phosphoric acid solution; the gas and liquid in thewashing pipe are transferred to the separation tank located at the lowerpart of the tower for gas-liquid separation, the separation tank is alsoused as a circulating acid tank (a circulating tank for dilutephosphoric acid solution), most the circulating phosphoric acid fallinginto the bottom of the separation tank is sent back to the washing pipeand a small part thereof is conveyed to the hydration tower for acidcrossflow; the mass concentration of circulating and spraying dilutephosphoric acid solution in phosphoric acid mist capturing tower is10%-50%; the temperature of dilute phosphoric acid solution iscontrolled as 40-70, and the spraying liquid-gas ratio in phosphoricacid mist capturing tower is controlled as 3 L/m³-25 L/m³. Most of thephosphoric acid mist in the fume discharged from the hydration tower istransferred into the circulating dilute phosphoric acid solution.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the fume discharged from thefume outlet in the phosphoric acid mist capturing tower enters the mistremoving and separating tower for a further gas-liquid separation, alower part of the mist removing and separating tower is designed to be aphosphoric acid liquid drop capturing structure which is similar to acyclone duster, and the phosphoric acid liquid drop capturing structurecaptures the grown phosphoric acid liquid drop in the fume bycentrifugation, an upper part of the mist removing and separating toweris provided with a mesh demister, and the phosphoric acid mist dropwhich is not grown up is further captured by the mesh demister; theonline water supplying device is installed in the mist removing andseparating tower and located at the position of the fume outlet abovethe mesh demister, on the one hand, the online water supplying device iswater-supplying equipment for the entire process system, on the otherhand, it is also used as a flushing device for the mesh demister withfurther capturing phosphoric acid mist in the fume by washing.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the present invention alsoprovides a method for phosphorus absorption by hydration and fluorinerecovery for the fume exiting the kiln in KPA, the method which is onthe basis of the technical solution described above further employs afluorine recovery procedure comprising the following steps:

(1) primary fluorine absorption: firstly conveying thefluorine-containing fume discharged out of the mist removing andseparating tower to a fluorosilicic acid washing pipe in a primaryfluorine absorption tower, completely contacting the fume flowing fromup to down with circulating fluorosilicic acid sprayed from down to upby a nozzle, forming fluorosilicic acid after the mass transfer, heattransfer and chemical reaction between the fume and circulatingfluorosilicic acid, at the same time, transferring a portion of enthalpyin the fume into the steam by adiabatic evaporation of water incirculating fluorosilicic acid solution;(2) primary gas-liquid separation: conveying the gas and liquid in thefluorosilicic acid washing pipe to a fluorosilicic acid separation tankfor gas-liquid separation, and introducing the gas obtained byseparation to a secondary fluorosilicic acid washing pipe of a secondaryfluorine absorption tower via a fume outlet of primary fluorineabsorption tower, and remaining the liquid obtained by separation in thefluorosilicic acid separation tank, and then conveying the liquid backto fluorosilicic acid washing pipe for the operation in step (1) via acirculating and conveying pipeline which has a circulating pump;(3) the secondary fluorine absorption: completely contacting the fumeflowing from up to down in the secondary fluorosilicic acid washing pipewith circulating fluorosilicic acid sprayed from down to up by a nozzle,forming fluorosilicic acid after the mass transfer, heat transfer andchemical reaction between the fume and circulating fluorosilicic acid,at the same time, the enthalpy in the fume is partially transferred intocirculating fluorosilicic acid solution by heat transfer;(4) the secondary gas-liquid separation: conveying the gas and liquid inthe secondary fluorosilicic acid washing pipe to a secondaryfluorosilicic acid separation tank for gas-liquid separation, andintroducing the gas obtained by separation to a tail gas absorptiontower for further process via a fume outlet of secondary fluorineabsorption tower, and remaining the liquid obtained by separation in thefluorosilicic acid separation tank, conveying a part of the liquiddescribed above back to secondary fluorosilicic acid washing pipe forthe operation in step (3) by a circulating pump and conveying anotherpart thereof to fluorosilicic acid separation tank of primary fluorineabsorption tower;(5) the fluorosilicic acid solution in primary fluorine absorption towerkeep increasing and filtering the extra fluorosilicic acid solution forremoving of silica gel and forming a byproduct of fluorosilicic acid.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the primary and secondaryfluorine absorption tower are both fluid-state counter-flow washingtowers, primary fluorine absorption tower mainly comprises thefluorosilicic acid washing pipe and the fluorosilicic acid separationtank, an outlet of the fluorosilicic acid washing pipe is connected tothe middle part of the fluorosilicic acid separation tank, the top ofthe fluorosilicic acid separation tank is provided with a fume outlet,and at the bottom thereof a fluorosilicic acid liquid outlet isconnected to a nozzle in the fluorosilicic acid washing pipe via acirculating and conveying pipeline which has a circulating pump;

In an embodiment of the present invention, the secondary fluorineabsorption tower mainly comprises the secondary fluorosilicic acidwashing pipe and the secondary fluorosilicic acid separation tank, afume outlet of primary fluorine absorption tower is connected to thesecondary fluorosilicic acid washing pipe via a pipeline, and an outletof secondary fluorosilicic acid washing pipe is connected to the middlepart of secondary fluorosilicic acid separation tank, the top of thesecondary fluorosilicic acid separation tank is provided with adefoaming layer (the defoaming layer is sprayed and flushed by thecirculating fluorosilicic acid regularly to keep the defoaming effect)and a fume outlet, and at the bottom thereof a fluorosilicic acid liquidoutlet is in communication with a nozzle in the secondary fluorosilicicacid washing pipe and primary fluorosilicic acid separation tank via acirculating and conveying pipeline which has a circulating pump.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the circulating and conveyingpipeline in secondary fluorine absorption tower is provided with afluorosilicic acid cooler, the circulating fluorosilicic acid is cooledby the fluorosilicic acid cooler before entering the secondaryfluorosilicic acid washing pipe.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the mass concentration ofcirculating fluorosilicic acid solution used in primary fluorineabsorption is 8%-25%, the temperature of circulating fluorosilicic acidsolution is 25-65, the spraying liquid-gas ratio is controlled as 3L/m³-25 L/m³; the mass concentration of circulating fluorosilicic acidsolution used in the secondary fluorine absorption is 0.5%-5%, thetemperature of circulating fluorosilicic acid solution is 25-60, thespraying liquid-gas ratio is controlled as 3 L/m³-25 L/m³.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the mass concentration ofcirculating fluorosilicic acid solution used in primary fluorineabsorption is 10%-20%, the temperature of circulating fluorosilicic acidsolution is 50-65, the spraying liquid-gas ratio is controlled as 3L/m³-6 L/m³; the mass concentration of circulating fluorosilicic acidsolution used in the secondary fluorine absorption is 0.5%-5%, thetemperature of circulating fluorosilicic acid solution is 45-60, thespraying liquid-gas ratio is controlled as 3 L/m³-6 L/m³.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the fume inlet of thesecondary fluorine absorption tower is also connected to the tail gasabsorption tower which is an empty spraying tower, the top of the tailgas absorption tower is provided with a fume outlet, and the upper partof inside thereof is provided with a spraying layer, and the bottomthereof is provided with an absorbing-alkali solution tank, an outlet ofthe absorbing-alkali solution tank is connected to the spraying layer inthe tail gas absorption tower via a circulating and conveying pipelinewhich has a circulating pump, the pH value of the absorbing-alkali keepsnot low than 8.

In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the absorption ofboth P₂O₅ and fluorine in the fume exiting the kiln in KPA and aneffective cooperation of process for phosphorus absorption by hydrationand the process for fluorine recovery is achieved, a main product ofphosphoric acid and byproduct of fluorosilicic acid obtained have agreat value which ensures a much more effective utilization of rawmaterial source and improvement of the economic benefits of KPA;

In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the nearly zeroemission of waste gas, waste materials and waste liquid makes theprocess more environmentally friendly;

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A method for phosphorus absorption by hydration and fluorine recoveryfor the fume exiting the kiln in KPA, the method according to thepresent embodiment makes use of a process system shown in FIG. 3, theprocess system comprises a system for production of phosphoric acid anda device for fluorine recovery.

In the present embodiment, the system for production of phosphoric acidcomprises a hydration tower 1, an acid liquid circulating and sprayingsystem, a phosphoric acid mist capturing tower 3 and a mist removing andseparating tower 4.

The hydration tower 1 is an empty spraying tower, and the lower part ofthe hydration tower 1 is provided with a fume inlet 11 for the fumeexiting the kiln, and the top thereof is provided with a fume outlet 12for the fume after phosphorus absorption by hydration, and the bottomthereof is provided with a liquid inlet 14 of the acid solutioncirculating and spraying system, and an outlet 15 of the acid solutioncirculating and spraying system is connected to an inlet pipe of aspraying device 13 which is in a chamber above the fume inlet 11, andthe acid solution circulating and spraying system is also provided withan acid storage tank 16 and a circulating pump 2. In the presentembodiment, the outside wall of the chamber in hydration tower 1 iscoated by a water-cooling system 17, and the cool water flows into thewater-cooling system 17 through the inlet at the bottom and out throughthe outlet at the top. Additionally, the position near the liquid inlet14 in the acid solution circulating and spraying system is provided withan acid cooler 18; and an outlet of the acid cooler 18 is connected toan inlet of the acid storage tank 16, and an outlet of the acid storagetank 16 is in communication with a liquid inlet of the spraying device13 to form an acid solution circulating and spraying system.

The phosphoric acid mist capturing tower 3 is a fluid-state counter-flowwashing tower which mainly comprises a washing pipe 31 and a separationtank 32, and an inlet and outlet of the washing pipe 31 are connected toa fume outlet 12 of the hydration tower 1 and the middle part of theseparation tank 32, respectively, and the top of the separation tank isprovided with a fume outlet 12, and at the bottom thereof an acid outlet33 is connected to a nozzle 35 in washing pipe 31 via a circulating andconveying pipeline which has a circulating pump 2 (see FIG. 5), and theseparation tank 32 is also used as an acid circulating tank for thecirculating and conveying pipeline in the phosphoric acid mist capturingtower.

For the acid crossflow between the hydration tower 1 and the phosphoricacid mist capturing tower 3, in the present embodiment, three sprayinglayers located at different heights in the chamber of the hydrationtower 1 are installed in spraying device 13 in hydration tower 1, thesaid three spraying layers comprise a dilute phosphoric acid sprayinglayer 25 and two concentrated phosphoric acid spraying layers 24 (seeFIG. 4), the concentrated phosphoric acid spraying layers 24 are locatedabove the dilute phosphoric acid spraying layer 25; and a liquid inletof the concentrated phosphoric acid spraying layers 24 is connected toan acid solution circulating and spraying system in the hydration tower1, and a liquid inlet of the dilute phosphoric acid spraying layers 25is in communication with a circulating and conveying pipeline in thephosphoric acid mist capturing tower 3 for acid crossflow from thephosphoric acid mist capturing tower 3 to the hydration tower 1.Additionally, a conveying pipeline behind the circulating pump 2 in theacid solution circulating and spraying system is connected to an acidinlet 34 of the phosphoric acid mist capturing tower 3 via a branchpipe. However, considering the connection of the process for filtrationand purification of phosphoric acid, a packing filter 22 is installed onthe branch pipe, and an acid inlet of the packing filter 22 is connectedto the acid solution circulating and spraying system via the branchpipe, and an acid outlet of the packing filter 22 is divided into threepaths: one is connected to an acid inlet 34 in the phosphoric acid mistcapturing tower 3, and another one is in communication with the externalphosphoric acid refining equipment 23, and the other is connected to anacid storage tank 16; and a underflow outlet of the packing filter 22 isconnected to a feeding inlet of the pressure filter 21 via a pipeline,and a overflow outlet of the pressure filter 21 is in communication withthe acid storage tank 16 in the acid solution circulating and sprayingsystem to ensure the recovery and a high yield of phosphoric acid. Theunderflow in the packing filter 22 is pumped to the pressure filter 21for filtration regularly to discharge the solid materials may be presentin acid solution circulating and spraying system.

An fume outlet 12 of the phosphoric acid mist capturing tower 3 isconnected to the lower part of the mist removing and separating tower 4,the top of the mist removing and separating tower 4 is provided with afume outlet 12 which is used for discharging of the fume afterphosphorus absorption by hydration, at the bottom thereof an acid outlet33 is connected to an acid inlet 34 of the phosphoric acid mistcapturing tower 3 via a pipeline. A online water flushing device 41 isinstalled in the mist removing and separating tower 4, and the wateradded into the online water flushing device is also used as suppliedwater to the entire process for production of phosphoric acid byhydration absorption, and the water returns to the phosphoric acid mistcapturing tower 3 and the hydration tower 1 step-by-step via a pipeline.The upper part of the mist removing and separating tower 4 is installedwith a mesh demister 42, and the lower part thereof is provided with aphosphoric acid liquid drop capturing structure 43 which is similar to acyclone duster, and the online water flushing device 41 is installedabove the mesh demister 42.

As shown in FIG. 1, a device for fluorine recovery used in the presentembodiment comprises a primary fluorine absorption tower 5 and secondaryfluorine absorption tower 6, which are both fluid-state counter-flowwashing towers. primary fluorine absorption tower 5 mainly comprises afluorosilicic acid washing pipe 51 and a fluorosilicic acid separationtank 52, an inlet and outlet of fluorosilicic acid washing pipe 51 areconnected to a conveying pipeline of fume after phosphorus absorption byhydration and the middle part of the fluorosilicic acid separation tank52, respectively, the top of the separation tank 52 is provided with afume outlet 12, and at the bottom thereof a fluorosilicic acid liquidoutlet 53 is connected to a nozzle 35 in fluorosilicic acid washing pipe51 via a circulating and conveying pipeline which has a circulating pump2, the fluorosilicic acid separation tank 52 is also used as an acidcirculating tank for the circulating and conveying pipeline. In thepresent embodiment, the main structure of the secondary fluorineabsorption tower 6 is similar to that of primary fluorine absorptiontower 5, which mainly comprises a secondary fluorosilicic acid washingpipe 61 and a secondary fluorosilicic acid separation tank 62, a fumeoutlet 12 of primary fluorine absorption tower 5 is connected to aninlet of secondary fluorosilicic acid washing pipe 61 via a pipeline andan outlet of fluorosilicic acid washing pipe 61 is connected to themiddle part of secondary fluorosilicic acid separation tank 62, the topof the secondary fluorosilicic acid separation tank 62 is provided witha fume outlet 12, and at the bottom thereof a fluorosilicic acid liquidoutlet 53 is in communication with a nozzle 35 in the secondaryfluorosilicic acid washing pipe 61 via a circulating and conveyingpipeline which has a circulating pump 2.

In the present embodiment, a circulating and conveying pipeline ofsecondary fluorine absorption tower 6 is provided with a fluorosilicicacid cooler 63, an inlet of the fluorosilicic acid cooler 63 isconnected to a circulating pump 2, and an outlet is divided into twopaths: one is connected to a nozzle 35 in the secondary fluorosilicicacid washing pipe 61 and another is in communication with a sprayinglayer at the top of secondary fluorosilicic acid separation tank 62, andsecondary fluorosilicic acid separation tank 62 is also used as an acidcirculating tank for the circulating and conveying pipeline. An outletof the circulating pump 2 in secondary fluorine absorption tower 6 isconnected to a liquid inlet of the fluorosilicic acid separation tank 52in primary fluorine absorption tower 5 via a branch pipe, and thus theextra fluorosilicic acid in secondary fluorine absorption tower 6 can betransferred into primary fluorine absorption tower 5.

For the emission on standard of all pollutants, a tail gas absorptiontower 7 which is an empty spraying tower is installed in the device forfluorine recovery according to the present embodiment, a fume inlet 11of the tail gas absorption tower 7 is connected to a fume outlet 12 ofthe secondary fluorine absorption tower 6. The top of the tail gasabsorption tower 7 is provided with a fume outlet 12, and the upper partof inside thereof is provided with a spraying layer, and the bottomthereof is provided with an absorbing-sodium hydroxide solution tank, anoutlet of the absorbing-sodium hydroxide solution tank is connected tospraying layers in the tail gas absorption tower 7 via a circulating andconveying pipeline which is provided with a circulating pump 2 to from acirculating and spraying system for the absorption of the tail gas.

The fluorosilicic acid liquid outlet 53 is connected to an externalfluorosilicic acid refining equipment 54 (or fluoride salts processingequipment) via a pipe which has a feeding pump, the fluorosilicic acidmay be pressure filtered by a pressure filter 21 before flowing into thefluorosilicic acid refining equipment 54, and an overflow outlet of thepressure filter 21 is connected to the fluorosilicic acid refiningequipment 54.

On the basis of the process system provided by the present embodiment, amethod for phosphorus absorption by hydration and fluorine recovery fora fume exiting a kiln in a kiln process for the production of phosphoricacid in the present embodiment specifically comprises the followingsteps (see FIG. 2, FIG. 3 and FIG. 6):

1. The absorption of P₂O₅ by hydration in hydration tower:

The fume containing P₂O₅ and fluorine (a particular case is the fume inthe KPA with a temperature higher than 500 and a content of P₂O₅ of 80g/Nm³) is pumped into the hydration tower 1 via the fume inlet 11 at thelower part of the tower following the turning on of the circulating pump2 in the acid solution circulating and spraying system, and thus theconcentrated phosphoric acid in the hydration tower 1 is sprayed fromthe upper and middle concentrated phosphoric acid spraying layers 24,the concentrated phosphoric acid from a portion of nozzles in the upperconcentrated phosphoric acid spraying layer 24 is sprayed to the innerwall of the tower in a oblique direction, and the concentratedphosphoric acid from other nozzles is sprayed in a vertical direction,the phosphoric acid from the nozzles in the middle and lower sprayinglayers is sprayed in a vertical direction, The transfer of mass and heattakes place after a complete and counter-flow contact of the sprayingconcentrated phosphoric acid and the fume containing P₂O₅ and fluorinefed into the tower, and P₂O₅ in the fume reacts with the water in thespraying concentrated phosphoric acid to form phosphoric acid, and overhalf the phosphoric acid obtained in the chemical reaction is absorbedby the spraying liquid, and the rest is remained in the gas in form ofphosphoric acid mist, however, the fluorine-containing substances(mainly in form of SiF₄ and HF) in the fume exiting the kiln isdifficult to be absorbed by the spraying liquid in the hydration towerunder a condition with concentrated phosphoric acid and a hightemperature; and the temperature of the fume in decreased to a range of75 to 130 after the heat transfer between the fume and concentratedphosphoric acid of lower temperature sprayed cyclically and cooling ofthe fume by the water-cooling system 17 in the hydration tower 1, andthe temperature of the circulating concentrated phosphoric acid out ofthe hydration tower 1 is increased to a range of 70 to 95. According tothe content of water in the fume, the mass concentration of theconcentrated phosphoric acid sprayed cyclically is adjustable in a rangeof 60% to 90% (a concentrated phosphoric acid with a mass concentrationof 70% to 85% is used in the present embodiment), and the temperature ofconcentrated phosphoric acid fed into the hydration tower is controlledin a range of 50 to 80, and the spraying liquid-gas ratio can beadjusted in a range of 3 L/m³ to 20 L/m³. The phosphoric acid mist inthe fume exiting the kiln is hardly subsided in the hydration tower 1and then exhausted with the fume exiting the hydration tower 1. Thehydration tower 1 has the function of both cooling the fume andabsorption of P₂O₅ by hydration, and the chemical reaction in hydrationtower 1 is as follows:

P₂O₅+3H₂O+2H₃PO₄

The concentrated phosphoric acid falling from the spraying in thehydration tower 1 finally enters the acid solution circulating andspraying system via the liquid inlet 14 and then into an acid cooler 18,the acid cooler 18 is an agitating tank with a heat exchange plate whichis made of several stainless steel tubes, and inside the stainless steeltubes is fed the circulating and cooling water, a forced convection heattransfer between the phosphoric acid flowing into the acid cooler 18 andthe heat exchange plate with stirring of the liquid occurs, and with anincreased efficiency of heat transfer, a portion of enthalpy in theconcentrated phosphoric acid is transferred to the circulating andcooling water in the acid cooler 18, the heat in the circulatingconcentrated phosphoric acid is constantly transferred away by thecooling water. The circulating acid out of the outlet of the acid cooler18 enters an acid storage tank 16 and then is sent back again to thenozzles in the upper and middle circulating and spraying layers by thecirculating pump 2 for circulating and spraying.

2. The capture of phosphoric acid mist in the phosphoric acid mistcapturing tower:

The gas phase substance (fume) discharged from the fume outlet 12 at thetop of the hydration tower 1 is conveyed to the washing pipe 31 inphosphoric acid mist capturing tower 3, the phosphoric acid mistcapturing tower is a fluid-state counter-flow washing tower, thecirculating dilute phosphoric acid is sprayed from down to up in thewashing pipe 31, a collision and contact between dilute phosphoric acidand the fume flow running from up to down with a high speed occurs toform a intensive turbulent area in the gas-liquid interface area, andthe fume passes through a stable foam zone (foam column) with a certainheight which is formed after the balance of fluid momentum and contactswith large-area liquid surface of phosphoric acid solution which isconstantly updated, the capture and polymerization of particles and heattransfer take place in the foam zone, the most of phosphoric acid mistin the fume is absorbed by circulating dilute phosphoric acid, and asuperficial velocity of the fume and liquid-gas ratio in an absorptionzone are in a range of 10 m/s to 30 m/s and 3 L/m³ to 25 L/m³,respectively. The temperature of the fume is further decreased to arange of 60 to 75 by adiabatic evaporation of water in circulatingdilute phosphoric acid solution. Compared with the traditional Venturidemister in a hot process for production of phosphoric acid, theutilization of phosphoric acid mist capturing tower according to thepresent invention can make both the dynamic pressure head loss of thedevice and energy consumption of the acid storage installation reducedwith the same effect of removing phosphoric acid mist.

The circulating and spraying acid in phosphoric acid mist capturingtower 3 is dilute phosphoric acid with a mass concentration of 10% to50%, the gas and liquid in the washing pipe 31 are transferred to theseparation tank 32 located at the lower part of the tower for gas-liquidseparation, and the circulating acid obtained by separation falls to thebottom of the separation tank 32 which is also used as a circulatingacid tank, the dilute phosphoric acid can be sent back by thecirculating pump 2 to the washing pipe 31 or the dilute phosphoric acidspraying layer 25 in the hydration tower 1 for acid crossflow accordingto the actual requirements.

3. The absorption of phosphoric acid mist in mist removing andseparating tower:

The fume discharged from the fume outlet 12 in the phosphoric acid mistcapturing tower 3 enters the mist removing and separating tower 4 for afurther gas-liquid separation to further remove phosphoric acid mist inthe fume, the lower part of the mist removing and separating tower isdesigned to be a phosphoric acid liquid drop capturing structure 43which is similar to a cyclone duster, and the phosphoric acid liquiddrop capturing structure captures the grown phosphoric acid liquid dropin the fume by centrifugation, the upper part of the mist removing andseparating tower is provided with a mesh demister 42, and the phosphoricacid mist drop which is not grown up is further captured by the meshdemister to ensure a direct yield of P₂O₅ in the device; and the fumeafter phosphorus absorption by hydration discharged from the mistremoving and separating tower 4 is conveyed to the device for fluorinerecovery.

The process of absorption by hydration requires a constant supply ofwater because of the consumption of water in the chemical reaction withP₂O₅ in the process for absorption of phosphoric acid by hydration andthe evaporation of water in the spraying acid in cooling process of thefume, in the present embodiment, all of the supplied water is fed intothe fume outlet 12 in the mist removing and separating tower 4, and thusthe online water flushing device 41 is used as both a water supplyingdevice and a water flushing device for the mesh demister in the mistremoving and separating tower 4. The concentration of the circulatingacid in the phosphoric acid mist capturing tower 3 will be decreasedgradually because all the supplied water is added into the mist removingand separating tower 4, and the underflow solution in the mist removingand separating tower 4 is sent back to the phosphoric acid mistcapturing tower 3 from the acid inlet 34, and on the other hand, theconcentration of the circulating acid in the hydration tower 1 will beincreased gradually because of the constant absorption of P₂O₅ in thefume, therefore, the crossflow between the circulating acid system inthe hydration tower 1 and the phosphoric acid mist capturing tower 3 isnecessary for the stabilization of the concentration of the respectivecirculating acid, and the acid for crossflow in the hydration tower 1needs to be clarified and filtered by the packing filter 22 firstly andthen conveyed to the phosphoric acid mist capturing tower 3, and theacid for crossflow in the phosphoric acid mist capturing tower 3 isdirectly leaded from the outlet of the circulating pump 2 in thephosphoric acid mist capturing tower 3 to the hydration tower 1. Thecirculating acid in the hydration tower 1 absorbs impurities such asdust in the fume, in order to prevent the accumulation of impurities,the extra acid in the acid solution circulating and spraying system inthe hydration tower 1 (corresponding to the production of acid based onmaterial balance) is conveyed to the packing filter 22 for filtrationand clarifying (primary filtration), a part of the clarified liquidobtained is conveyed to the phosphoric acid mist capturing tower 3 foracid crossflow and another part thereof enters a refining procedure as acrude product of phosphoric acid followed by addition of active carbon,diatomite, and barium salt to remove the color of crude phosphoric acidand sulfate ion, and purification in a plate and frame pressure filter21 (secondary filtration) to form an end product of concentratedphosphoric acid.

4. primary fluorine absorption:

The fume after phosphorus absorption by hydration is conveyed to thefluorosilicic acid washing pipe 51 in primary fluorine absorption tower5, then a complete contact of gas phase and liquid phase between most offluorine (mainly SiF₄) in the fume flowing from up to down andcirculating fluorosilicic acid (with a mass concentration of 10% to 20%)sprayed from down to up by the nozzle 35 occurs, and then the mass andheat transfer and chemical reaction between most of fluorine (mainlySiF₄) in the fume and circulating fluorosilicic acid take place,fluorosilicic acid is formed after the chemical reaction, at the sametime, most of the enthalpy in the fume is transferred into circulatingfluorosilicic acid solution by heat transfer; and the temperature of thefume is further decreased to a range of 50 to 70 by adiabaticevaporation of water in circulating fluorosilicic acid solution and heattransfer to circulating fluorosilicic acid solution from the fume; themain chemical reaction in this step is as follows:

3SiF₄+3H₂O=2H₂SiF₆+SiO₂.H₂O.

5. primary gas-liquid separation:

The final product in the fluorosilicic acid washing pipe 51 is allconveyed to a fluorosilicic acid separation tank 52 for gas-liquidseparation, and the gas obtained by separation enters the secondaryfluorosilicic acid washing pipe 61 of the secondary fluorine absorptiontower 6 via the fume outlet of primary fluorine absorption tower 5, andthe liquid obtained by separation is remained in the fluorosilicic acidseparation tank 52 and then conveyed to fluorosilicic acid washing pipe51 for the operation in step 4 via a circulating and conveying pipelinewhich has a circulating pump 2.

6. The secondary fluorine absorption:

The fume (most remaining fluorine-containing substance is mainly SiF₄)flowing from up to down in the secondary fluorosilicic acid washing pipe61 contacts completely with circulating fluorosilicic acid solution(with a mass concentration of 0.5% to 5%) sprayed from down to up by thenozzle 35, and then the mass and heat transfer and chemical reactionbetween the fume and circulating fluorosilicic acid take place,fluorosilicic acid is formed after the chemical reaction, at the sametime, the enthalpy in the fume is transferred again into circulatingfluorosilicic acid solution by heat transfer; the temperature of theproduct obtained after being processed according to step 3 is furtherdecreased below 60; the main chemical reactions occurring in the presentstep and step 4 are the same.

7. The secondary gas-liquid separation:

The final product in the secondary fluorosilicic acid washing pipe 61 isall transferred to the secondary fluorosilicic acid separation tank 62for gas-liquid separation, the top of the secondary fluorosilicic acidseparation tank 62 is provided with a demistging unit to remove the mistcarried in the fume and increase the absorption rate for fluorine, thedemistging unit is washed by the circulating fluorosilicic acid sprayedform the top of the secondary fluorosilicic acid separation tank 62. Thegas obtained by separation enters the subsequent tail gas absorptiontower to be further processed via a fume outlet of secondary fluorineabsorption tower 6, the liquid obtained by separation is remained in thefluorosilicic acid separation tank 62 and then transferred back tosecondary fluorosilicic acid washing pipe 61 for the operation in step 6via a circulating and conveying pipeline which has a circulating pump 2,a fluorosilicic acid cooler 63 is installed on the circulating andconveying pipeline to remove a part of heat in circulating fluorosilicicacid solution and then ensure the absorption reaction of fluorine to becarried out at an appropriate temperature. The circulating fluorosilicicacid solution is cooled by a fluorosilicic acid cooler 63 (aconventional cooling equipment) before entering into the secondaryfluorosilicic acid washing pipe 61; and a part of the extra circulatingfluorosilicic acid solution may be discharged directly into thefluorosilicic acid separation tank 52 in primary fluorine absorptiontower 5.

The fluorine (mainly SiF₄) originally in the fume is accumulated in thecirculating fluorosilicic acid solution in primary fluorine absorptiontower 5 and secondary fluorine absorption tower 6, the concentration ofthe fluorosilicic acid in primary fluorine absorption tower 5 mayincrease because of absorption of SiF₄ and HF originally in the fume,the extra fluorosilicic acid solution in the secondary fluorineabsorption tower 6 is discharged into primary fluorine absorption tower5 to keep a constant concentration for fluorosilicic acid in primaryfluorine absorption tower 5, finally the extra fluorosilicic acidsolution in primary fluorine absorption tower 5 is conveyed to thepressure filter 21 via a feeding pump for pressure filtration to removesolid materials such as silica gel, the filtrate obtained is conveyed tothe fluorosilicic acid refining procedure to form the fluorosilicic acidproduct (with a concentration of approximately 12%) or be processed toform fluorine salts product; the filtration residue is silica gel andthe silica gel obtained after being washed and purified is a byproduct.

8. The absorption and purification of the tail gas:

The fume in the tail gas absorption tower 7 moving from down to up comesinto a counter-flow contact with sodium hydroxide solution sprayed fromup to down, the absorbing-liquid tank at the bottom of the tail gasabsorption tower 7 is connected to the spraying layers in the tower viaa circulating pump 2 to form a circulating and spraying system; aconstant addition of dilute sodium hydroxide solution is necessary formaintaining a pH value higher than 8 to ensure an absorption capacity ofthe absorbing-liquid, and the absorbing-liquid needs to be dischargedconstantly for wastewater treatment because of the addition of dilutesodium hydroxide solution and accumulation of impurities absorbed, suchas P₂O₅ and fluorine, the water after treatment and recovery may be usedagain in raw material treatment procedure in KPA; the fume is furtherwashed and purified by absorption of remaining pollutants (P₂O₅, SiF₄and dust etc) in the fume to reach the natural discharge standard (witha content of fluorine in gas lower than 9 mg/m³), and then the fume isdischarged into the chimney by a draught fan. The main chemicalreactions occurring in the present step are as follows:

3SiF₄+6NaOH=2Na₂SiF₆+Na₂SiO₃+3H₂O

P₂O₅+6NaOH=2Na₃PO₄+3H₂O.

The above is only preferred embodiments of the present invention, theequivalent modifications, transformations and polish based on thetechnical solutions described above are within the scope of the presentinvention.

1. A method for phosphorus absorption by hydration for the fume exitingthe kiln in KPA comprising the following steps: (1) introducing a fumeexiting the kiln containing P₂O₅ and fluorine into a hydration tower,and feeding concentrated phosphoric acid solution into a spraying devicein the hydration tower by an acid solution circulating and sprayingsystem, counter-flow contacting the downwardly sprayed concentratedphosphoric acid solution with the fume exiting the kiln which containsP₂O₅ and fluorine in the tower for heat transfer and mass transfer,forming phosphoric acid after chemical reaction between P₂O₅ in the fumeand the water in the spayed concentrated phosphoric acid, and absorbingmost of phosphoric acid obtained in the chemical reaction by thespraying liquid and remaining the rest in the gas phase in form ofphosphoric acid mist, discharging the remaining fume in hydration towerfrom a fume outlet; (2) introducing the phosphoric acid solution sprayedand falling down in the hydration tower into the acid solutioncirculating and spraying system and then into an acid cooler, pumpingthe sprayed phosphoric acid solution flowing from an outlet of acidcooler back to the spraying device in the hydration tower forcirculating and spraying again; (3) introducing the fume discharged outof the fume outlet through a phosphoric acid mist capturing tower and amist removing and separating tower for further capture of the phosphoricacid mist in the fume, forming a dilute phosphoric acid solution aftercapture of the phosphoric acid mist by phosphoric acid mist capturingtower and mist removing and separating tower, keeping crossflow of thedilute phosphoric acid solution with concentrated phosphoric acidsolution in the hydration tower via pipeline arrangement; (4) during theabove operation, the concentrated phosphoric acid solution in acidsolution circulating and spraying system keeps increasing, filtering thesurplus part of concentrated phosphoric acid solution and forming acrude phosphoric acid product, and then introducing the crude phosphoricacid product to a subsequent phosphoric acid refining procedure.
 2. Themethod according to claim 1, wherein, the acid crossflow in step (3)refers to: pumping the dilute phosphoric acid solution captured byphosphoric acid mist capturing tower and mist removing and separatingtower to the hydration and then mixing with concentrated phosphoric acidsolution in hydration tower to maintain a stable concentration of acidin acid solution circulating and spraying system in hydration tower; atthe same time, drawing out a part of concentrated phosphoric acidsolution in acid solution circulating and spraying system in hydrationtower and then clarifying by a filtering device, a part of supernatantobtained after clarifying is conveyed to the phosphoric acid mistcapturing tower for acid crossflow to maintain a stable concentration ofacid, and another part of supernatant obtained after clarifying isconveyed back to an acid storage tank in hydration tower.
 3. The methodaccording to claim 1, wherein, the step (4) of the method comprising:during the above operation, the concentrated phosphoric acid solution inacid solution circulating and spraying system keeps increasing,filtering the surplus part of concentrated phosphoric acid solution andforming a crude phosphoric acid product, and then introducing the crudephosphoric acid product to a subsequent phosphoric acid refiningprocedure; on the other hand, online supplying water for the entireprocess by an online water supplying device, introducing the fume out ofthe outlet of the mist removing and separating tower to a subsequentfluorine recovery procedure.
 4. The method according to claim 1,wherein, the spraying device in the hydration tower comprises at leasttwo spraying layers located at different heights in a chamber of thehydration tower, and the spraying layers comprises at least a dilutephosphoric acid spraying layer and a concentrated phosphoric acidspraying layer, and the concentrated phosphoric acid spraying layer islocated above the dilute phosphoric acid spraying layer.
 5. The methodaccording to claim 4, wherein, a liquid inlet pipe of the concentratedphosphoric acid spraying layer is connected to the acid solutioncirculating and spraying system, a liquid inlet pipe of the dilutephosphoric acid spraying layer is connected to a circulating andconveying pipeline for dilute phosphoric acid solution in the phosphoricacid mist capturing tower to enable the dilute phosphoric acid solutionin phosphoric acid mist capturing tower to be conveyed to hydrationtower for acid crossflow, the acid solution circulating and sprayingsystem is connected to the phosphoric acid mist capturing tower viaanother pipeline to enable the circulating phosphoric acid in thehydration tower to be conveyed to the phosphoric acid mist capturingtower for acid crossflow.
 6. The method according to claim 1, wherein,the acid cooler is structured in a way that a plurality of heat exchangeplates made of modified graphite pipes or stainless steel pipe arearranged in an agitation tank, circulating and cooling water isintroduced in the pipes, through agitation the phosphoric acid solutionentering the acid cooler forms forced convection and heat exchange onthe heat exchange plates.
 7. The method according to claim 6, wherein,the temperature of the fume exiting the kiln in the step (1) is reducedto 75-130 because of the heat transfer between fume exiting the kiln andcirculating phosphoric acid solution which is spraying cyclically andcooling by a water-cooling system in hydration tower.
 8. The methodaccording to claim 1, wherein, the mass concentration of circulating andspraying phosphoric acid solution in hydration tower is 60%-90%, thetemperature of concentrated phosphoric acid fed into the hydration toweris controlled 50-80, and the spraying liquid-gas ratio in hydrationtower is controlled 1 L/m³-20 L/m³.
 9. The method according to claim 1,wherein, in the phosphoric acid refining procedure is provided aphosphoric acid refining tank for refining crude phosphoric acidproduct, active carbon, diatomite, desulfurizing agent and dearsenicagent are added into the phosphoric acid refining tank, pumping aproduct after reaction and stirring into filtration system forfiltration, a filtrate obtained is end product of phosphoric acid. 10.The method according to claim 9, wherein, the additive amount of bothactive carbon and diatomite are controlled as 0.1%-2% of the mass ofcrude phosphoric acid product to be refined; the desulfurizing agent issoluble barium salts with an additive amount of 1-2 times a theoreticalamount; the dearsenic agent is hydrogen sulfide or sodium sulfide withan additive amount of 1-1.2 times a theoretical amount; the reaction inthe phosphoric acid refining tank is stirred for 0.5 h-2 h.
 11. Themethod according to claim 1, wherein, the phosphoric acid mist capturingtower is a fluid-state counter-flow washing tower which mainly comprisesa washing pipe and a separation tank, fume discharged out from the fumeoutlet of hydration tower enters the washing pipe of phosphoric acidmist capturing tower, the circulating dilute phosphoric acid sprayedfrom down to up in the washing pipe performs a counter-flow collisionand contact with up-down fume flow to form a foam zone, the fume passesthrough the foam zone and contacts with large-area liquid surface ofdilute phosphoric acid solution which updates constantly, and thencapture and polymerization of phosphoric acid mist particles and heattransfer occurs in the foam zone, a temperature of the fume is furtherdecreased to 60-90 by adiabatic evaporation of water in circulatingdilute phosphoric acid solution; the gas and liquid in the washing pipeare transferred to the separation tank located at the lower part of thetower for gas-liquid separation, the separation tank is also used as acirculating acid tank, most the circulating phosphoric acid falling intothe bottom of the separation tank is sent back to the washing pipe and asmall part thereof is conveyed to the hydration tower for acidcrossflow; the mass concentration of circulating and spraying dilutephosphoric acid solution in phosphoric acid mist capturing tower is10%-50%; the temperature of dilute phosphoric acid solution iscontrolled as 40-70, and the spraying liquid-gas ratio in phosphoricacid mist capturing tower is controlled as 3 L/m³-25 L/m³.
 12. Themethod according to claim 11, wherein, the fume discharged from the fumeoutlet in the phosphoric acid mist capturing tower enters the mistremoving and separating tower for a further gas-liquid separation, alower part of the mist removing and separating tower is designed to be aphosphoric acid liquid drop capturing structure which is similar to acyclone duster, and the phosphoric acid liquid drop capturing structurecaptures the grown phosphoric acid liquid drop in the fume bycentrifugation, an upper part of the mist removing and separating toweris provided with a mesh demister, and the phosphoric acid mist dropwhich is not grown up is further captured by the mesh demister; theonline water supplying device is installed in the mist removing andseparating tower and located at the position of the fume outlet abovethe mesh demister, on the one hand, the online water supplying device iswater-supplying equipment for the entire process system, on the otherhand, it is also used as a flushing device for the mesh demister withfurther capturing phosphoric acid mist in the fume by washing.
 13. Amethod for phosphorus absorption by hydration and fluorine recovery forthe fume exiting the kiln in KPA, wherein, the method comprising amethod for phosphorus absorption by hydration and a method for fluorinerecovery, the method for phosphorus absorption according to claim 1, andthe method for fluorine recovery comprising following steps: (1) primaryfluorine absorption: firstly conveying the fluorine-containing fumedischarged out of the mist removing and separating tower to afluorosilicic acid washing pipe in a primary fluorine absorption tower,completely contacting the fume flowing from up to down with circulatingfluorosilicic acid sprayed from down to up by a nozzle, formingfluorosilicic acid after the mass transfer, heat transfer and chemicalreaction between the fume and circulating fluorosilicic acid, at thesame time, transferring a portion of enthalpy in the fume into the steamby adiabatic evaporation of water in circulating fluorosilicic acidsolution; (2) primary gas-liquid separation: conveying the gas andliquid in the fluorosilicic acid washing pipe to a fluorosilicic acidseparation tank for gas-liquid separation, and introducing the gasobtained by separation to a secondary fluorosilicic acid washing pipe ofa secondary fluorine absorption tower via a fume outlet of primaryfluorine absorption tower, and remaining the liquid obtained byseparation in the fluorosilicic acid separation tank, and then conveyingthe liquid back to fluorosilicic acid washing pipe for the operation instep (1) via a circulating and conveying pipeline which has acirculating pump; (3) the secondary fluorine absorption: completelycontacting the fume flowing from up to down in the secondaryfluorosilicic acid washing pipe with circulating fluorosilicic acidsprayed from down to up by a nozzle, forming fluorosilicic acid afterthe mass transfer, heat transfer and chemical reaction between the fumeand circulating fluorosilicic acid, at the same time, the enthalpy inthe fume is partially transferred into circulating fluorosilicic acidsolution by heat transfer; (4) the secondary gas-liquid separation:conveying the gas and liquid in the secondary fluorosilicic acid washingpipe to a secondary fluorosilicic acid separation tank for gas-liquidseparation, and introducing the gas obtained by separation to a tail gasabsorption tower for further process via a fume outlet of secondaryfluorine absorption tower, and remaining the liquid obtained byseparation in the fluorosilicic acid separation tank, conveying a partof the liquid described above back to secondary fluorosilicic acidwashing pipe for the operation in step (3) by a circulating pump andconveying another part thereof to fluorosilicic acid separation tank ofprimary fluorine absorption tower; (5) the fluorosilicic acid solutionin primary fluorine absorption tower keep increasing and filtering theextra fluorosilicic acid solution for removing of silica gel and forminga byproduct of fluorosilicic acid.
 14. The method according to claim 13,wherein, the primary and secondary fluorine absorption tower are bothfluid-state counter-flow washing towers, primary fluorine absorptiontower mainly comprises the fluorosilicic acid washing pipe and thefluorosilicic acid separation tank, an outlet of the fluorosilicic acidwashing pipe is connected to the middle part of the fluorosilicic acidseparation tank, the top of the fluorosilicic acid separation tank isprovided with a fume outlet, and at the bottom thereof a fluorosilicicacid liquid outlet is connected to a nozzle in the fluorosilicic acidwashing pipe via a circulating and conveying pipeline which has acirculating pump;
 15. The method according to claim 13, wherein, thesecondary fluorine absorption tower mainly comprises the secondaryfluorosilicic acid washing pipe and the secondary fluorosilicic acidseparation tank, a fume outlet of primary fluorine absorption tower isconnected to the secondary fluorosilicic acid washing pipe via apipeline, and an outlet of secondary fluorosilicic acid washing pipe isconnected to the middle part of secondary fluorosilicic acid separationtank, the top of the secondary fluorosilicic acid separation tank isprovided with a defoaming layer and a fume outlet, and at the bottomthereof a fluorosilicic acid liquid outlet is in communication with anozzle in the secondary fluorosilicic acid washing pipe and primaryfluorosilicic acid separation tank via a circulating and conveyingpipeline which has a circulating pump.
 16. The method according to claim15, wherein, the circulating and conveying pipeline in secondaryfluorine absorption tower is provided with a fluorosilicic acid cooler,the circulating fluorosilicic acid is cooled by the fluorosilicic acidcooler before entering the secondary fluorosilicic acid washing pipe.17. The method according to claim 15, wherein, the fume inlet of thesecondary fluorine absorption tower is also connected to the tail gasabsorption tower which is an empty spraying tower, the top of the tailgas absorption tower is provided with a fume outlet, and the upper partof inside thereof is provided with a spraying layer, and the bottomthereof is provided with an absorbing-alkali solution tank, an outlet ofthe absorbing-alkali solution tank is connected to the spraying layer inthe tail gas absorption tower via a circulating and conveying pipelinewhich has a circulating pump, the pH value of the absorbing-alkali keepsnot low than
 8. 18. The method according to claim 13, wherein, the massconcentration of circulating fluorosilicic acid solution used in primaryfluorine absorption is 8%-25%, the temperature of circulatingfluorosilicic acid solution is 25-65, the spraying liquid-gas ratio iscontrolled as 3 L/m³-25 L/m³; the mass concentration of circulatingfluorosilicic acid solution used in the secondary fluorine absorption is0.5%-5%, the temperature of circulating fluorosilicic acid solution is25-60, the spraying liquid-gas ratio is controlled as 3 L/m³-25 L/m³.19. The method according to claim 13, wherein, the mass concentration ofcirculating fluorosilicic acid solution used in primary fluorineabsorption is 10%-20%, the temperature of circulating fluorosilicic acidsolution is 50-65, the spraying liquid-gas ratio is controlled as 3L/m³-6 L/m³; the mass concentration of circulating fluorosilicic acidsolution used in the secondary fluorine absorption is 0.5%-5%, thetemperature of circulating fluorosilicic acid solution is 45-60, thespraying liquid-gas ratio is controlled as 3 L/m³-6 L/m³.